Logic Informal Fallacies

Question 1

An illegitimate appeal to authority.

Answer 1

Ipse Dixit

Question 2

An illegitimate appeal to a majority.

Answer 2

Ad Populum

Question 3

An illegitimate appeal to force.

Answer 3

Ad Baculum

Question 4

A verbal attack on a person rather than his argument.

Answer 4

Ad Hominem

Question 5

Attacking a position by pointing out how the arguer came to hold it.

Answer 5

Bulverism

Question 6

Points to an inconsistency between a person’s argument and his behavior.

Answer 6

Tu Quoque

Question 7

An argument from lack of evidence.

Answer 7

Ad Ignorantiam

Question 8

An argument based merely on the passage of time.

Answer 8

Chronological Snobbery

Question 9

Changing the meaning of a term in the middle of an argument.

Answer 9

Equivocation

Question 10

Alters the meaning of a statement through changed emphasis.

Answer 10

Accent

Question 11

A vagueness of grammar that disguises or alters meaning.

Answer 11

Amphiboly

Question 12

Transferring attributes from parts to whole.

Answer 12

Composition

Question 13

Transferring attributes form whole to part.

Answer 13

Division

Question 14

Secretly assuming what you are trying to prove.

Answer 14

Circular Reasoning

Question 15

Improperly assuming that a sequence in time implies a cause and effect.

Answer 15

Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc

Question 16

Making an argument based on a false dilemma.

Answer 16

Either/Or

Question 17

A question crafted to exclude any possible legitimate response.

Answer 17

Complex Question

Question 18

A hasty generalization.

Answer 18

Apriorism